The Slovakian told his official website: "I am confident we can beat Arsenal because we definitely have the strength to do so.

"They are the leaders at the moment but we can give them a hard time. It won't be an easy game but I am sure we can do something in front of our fans."

Brendan Rodgers' side welcome the Gunners on the back of a lacklustre 1-1 draw away to West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

The 29-year-old admitted he was "disappointed" not to leave The Hawthorns with a win after Kolo Toure's disastrous error allowed Victor Anichebe to cancel out Daniel Sturridge's opener.

"I am disappointed to be honest; we scored early and controlled the game but we only have a single point," added Skrtel. "We made a mistake but this is football and this can obviously happen to any one of us."

Liverpool head into Saturday's game two points ahead of local rivals Everton in the race for the final Champions League spot.